US OFFICE REPORTEDLY BANS SERB MEDIA FROM ATTENDING KOSOVO MEETINGS
SRNA - April 20, 2004

Pristina, 20 April: The US office in Pristina has not allowed representatives of the Serb media to attend meetings of the EU Contact group and NATO with international community representatives, UNMIK (UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) and Serbs, which are taking place in the office, SRNA's correspondent has reported.

Reporters of the Link Production NGO (non-governmental organization) and KiM radio were the only ones invited to attend the meetings and the UNMIK information service informed correspondents of the other Serb media that they were not permitted to follow the delegations' visit to Pristina.

"It is all up to the US office," UNMIK's coordinator Vlada Trajkovic said.

Despite calls and phone contacts, the press officer of the US office said that today's meetings could be attended only by accredited journalists.

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1233 gmt 20 Apr 04

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